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A weather snapshot across the country shows ‘variable’ as the only word to describe weather and pasture conditions, says Andrew Reid, DairyNZ general manager extension.
A Lincoln University researcher investigating the role of intuition in farmers’ decisionmaking has had his work published in a scientific journal and as a novel.
Fonterra is entering the fresh milk market in China.
The equivalent of ‘currency’ for cows will be updated next month to better reflect the industry’s focus on efficient, high quality milk production, says LIC.
Agriculture and Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor says farmers have spoken up about the slowness of the response to the disease Mycoplasma bovis.
Dry conditions in the early part of summer are suppressing milk production and squeezing dairy prices higher, says BNZ senior economist research Doug Steel.
DairyNZ biosecurity manager Chris Morley, a vet with long experience with Mycoplasma bovis in Canada and his native UK, says NZ is unusual in its “open” farming systems.
The mycoplasma bovis outbreak is a big wake-up call for the industry, says DairyNZ chief executive Dr Tim Mackle.
Federated Farmers says speculation around the cattle disease Mycoplasma Bovis and its origins is just adding more stress to worried farmers.
In anticipation of on-going growth, international seed business Germinal has appointed Andrew Miller as its sales manager.
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Over the last three years, pressure has increased on dairy farmers to produce food with a low environmental footprint.
We're losing it, soil that is. And we need to do more to stop the slide of this precious asset into waterways and ultimately the ocean.
There's no better time than now to reevaluate how you use palm kernel extract (PKE).
Cleaner rivers, welfare, environmental footprint, carbon footprint, dirty dairying... the list goes on. Buzzwords are driving changes to legislation and the way dairy farmers will have to operate in the future.
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